page_title: Banon, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Banon, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Cours supérieurs du Calavon (avec la Riaille de la Haute-Provence), du Largue et du Jabron, trois affluents de la Durance Deutsch: Oberläufe des Calavon (mit längerem Zufluss la Riaille), des Largue und des Jabron, dreier Nebenflüsse der Durance English: Uppercourses of river Calavon (with the Riaille of Haut-Provence as longer top affluent), river Largue an river Jabron, three affluents of river Durance
context_page_description: Banon is a commune in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of south-eastern France.
  The inhabitants of the commune are known as Banonais or Banonaises.
context_section_description: Banon is located next to the Plateau of Albion some 15 km north-west of Forcalquier, 50 km east of Carpentras, and 760 m above sea level. The village is on a hill overlooking the Coulon valley. Access to the commune is by the D950 road from Revest-du-Bion in the north-west which passes through the village and continues south-east to Limans. The D51 goes south-west from the village to Simiane-la-Rotonde. The D5 goes south-east to Revest-des-Brousses. The D12 goes north from the D950 and loops around to join the D950 again east of the commune. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of L'Adret, L'Adrech, and Le Serre. The commune is farmland on the lower areas to the west and forested on the heights in the east.
caption: Banon between the source of river Calavon in the east and its longer top affluent Riaille in the west
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